- From: Peter F. Patel-Schneider <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 05:14:32 -0500 (EST)
- To: welty@us.ibm.com
- Cc: www-webont-wg@w3.org
From: Christopher Welty <welty@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Editors: consistent use of terms in webont docs
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 17:07:17 -0500
> Do Not Use:
> --------------------
> object
Unfortunately, ``object'' is used all over the place, so enforcing this
would be a major change.
For discussion at the telecon today:
PROPOSAL 1:
1/ The term ``object'' should only be used as in ``the object of an RDF statement''.
2/ Change DatatypeProperty to DataValuedProperty and
ObjectProperty to IndividualValuedProperty
WHY: Eliminates a very troublesome technical word.
Regularizes the names of the property classes, and would reduce confusion.
PROPOSAL 2:
1/ The term ``object'' can be used for instances of OWL classes, and is
actually the preferred term.
2/ Change DatatypeProperty to DatavalueProperty and
not change ObjectProperty.
WHY: Fewer changes, but regularizes the names of the property classes.
PROBLEM: The names above are not ideal, and may themselves cause problems.
PROPOSAL 3:
Do nothing
WHY: It's too late now to make this change.
PROBLEM: The names are horrid.
peter
Received on Thursday, 16 January 2003 05:14:42 UTC